Main part Alisher Navoi’s ghazals were mostly related to the theme of love. I devote this article to the
analysis of the ghazal which begins “ Jonga chun dermen…”. This ghazal is also about love and its
protagonist falls in love and suffers from the fire of love.
Structure of the work is Voqeaband ghazal. In voqeaband ghazals hero’s mood and
experience are described in connection with a specific event which created that mood and
experience. They usually consist of beginning, rising action and resolution. In order to supply
logical consistency a poet uses a question-and-answer method, description of nature or different
poetic symbols [3.14]. In the ghazal being discussed the question-and-answer method in poetry is
effectively used. In each bayt we encounter unique artistic expressions and images. The author
logically connects bayts to bayts in a way that no one has imagined before.
Rhymes: kayfiyati, shiddati, hirqati, ofati, tuhmati, vahshati, tal’ati, qismati.
Poetic arts: personification, nido, apostrophe, tadrij, metaphor.
The lyrical hero of the ghazal who is a lover is on the verge of death under influence of the
fire of love. Hence, in the Matla ( Matla is the first bayt of a ghazal) he asks his soul the reason for
his death. And the soul responds to him, “This was caused by the disease in the body”.
Jongʻa chun dermen: „Ne erdi oʻlmakim kayfiyati?“ Derki: „Bois boʻldi jism ichra marazning shiddati“ . [4. 403-404]
In the second bayt:
Jismdin soʻrsamki: „Bu zaʼfinggʻa ne erdi sabab?“ Der: „Anga boʻldi sabab oʻtluq bagʻirning hirqati“. The lyrical character addresses to the body and asks what has brought it to this point. And
the response of the body is as follows: “The fire of the fiery chest brought about it".
Chun bagʻirdin soʻrdum, aytur: „Andin oʻt tushti manga